Improvement in latches for gates



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EPHRAIM BAnKs AND ,Lucius H. aurions, or; noistnsvrntn. INDIANA. I

- Letters Patent No. 107.589,` dated S'eptemlier 2O, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN LATCHES FOR GATES. The Schednle referred to in these Letters Patent ndnaakng partoflthe Same struction and arrangement of a gate-latch, as will he hereinafter fully set forth.

In order to enable others* skilled in the at -to which our invention appertains to make andkusethe same, we will now proceed to 4desc'ribeits construction and operation, referring to he annexed drawing, in wh-ich- Figure l isa front View, and

Figure 2, a side view of' our latch.

A represents the lever or balance-bar, which is pivated between two plates, B and O, by means of a screw, passing through thesame. l

B is the back plate, and merely placed on the gate to prevent the wearing of the same by the lever.

The plate C is more like a box, covering or iuclosing a portion of the lever and the back plate.

It is provided with ears a a, through which screws b b pass, to secure it to the gate.

The inner end of the' levervA is weightech'and the outer-end is provided with a hook, d, fron1' which 'an inclined projection, e, extends forward, as shoivnin fig. 2. f.

On the' gate-post is'secured the st op D.

When the gate is to he closed, the inclined projection e strikes the stop D, which causes this, the outer end of the lever-end, to be depressed, until the hook d .comes under the stop, when the inner weighted end of the lever throws theouter'end up, so that the stop enters said'hook, when the gate is held infplacc.

` -Having thus fully described our invention, v

What we claim as new, and desire to secure -hy Letters Patent', isl 'The lever A, constructed as described, one end being weighted, and the other provided with a hook, d, and inclined projection, c, at right angles to the'lever, in comhinatlon with .the plate B, box or plate G, and

-stop D, all substantially as-and for the purposes hereinv set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing, we 'have hereunto set our hands this 3d day of June, 1870.

EPHRAIM BARES.

LUGIUS H. EMMONS.

Witnesses: l

THOMAS. H. SMITH, JACOB THOMPSON. 

